Flying Buttress

 Executive Summary:

Flying Buttress is a tool that helps you manage and configure the ipfirewall (ipfw) firewall in Mac OS X. It offers granular configuration abilities and is a GUI alternative to using the command line.

We seem to be seeing more Macintosh computers in corporate environments these days. The Mac's UNIX underpinnings, Intel core, and fast speed have prompted many PC folks to change over to Apple’s flagship product. This month, we’ll look at Flying Buttress, a shareware application for Mac OS X that acts as a robust front end to Apple’s built-in firewall, ipfirewall (ipfw). Flying Buttress lets you configure this powerful firewall at a granular level. If you use a Mac or are responsible for the security of Macs within your organization, you’ll find Flying Buttress a useful addition to your toolbox. . . .